Jesus Freak

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Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir
I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin
I tip my hat to the colorful arrangement
Cause i see the beauty in the tones of our skin


We've gotta come together
And thank the maker of us all

(chorus)
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
We've got a history so full of mistakes
And we are colored people who depend on a holy grace

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A piece of canvas is only the beginning for
It takes on character with every loving stroke
This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist's heart
By god's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope

We've gotta come together,
Aren't we all human after all?

(repeat chorus)

Ignorance has wronged some races
And vengeance is the lord's
If we aspire to share this space
Repentance is the cure

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Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man
Should make it easy for you to see
That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones
As a part of our anatomy

(repeat chorus)

We're colored people, and they call us the human race
[oh, colored people]
We're colored people, and we all gotta share this space
[yeah we've got to come together somehow]
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted world
[red and yellow, black and white]
We're colored people, every man, woman, boy, and girl
[colored people, colored people, colored people, colored people, yeah]

Well, i'm catherine morgan
And i'm the next-door neighbor to the gotee's
And uh, the gotee's were over there
And they had a drummer that came in here
To play the drums that day
And he played it early in the mornin', and he played it
I had him for breakfast, and for lunch, and for dinner
So i hollered at todd and told him
That i couldn't stand that drummer any longer
That he was driving my crazy
And kevin spoke up and said, "mrs. morgan," says, "that's a live drummer
We've got over there today"
And i said, "if he hits the drum one more time,
He's gone be a dead drummer"
And that was the last i heard of the drummer that day

The world can't do me no harm [do me no harm]
Time's i've been wounded [uh huh]
My battle scars do show [well, well, well]
I'm going through the storm
I'm blind in rain, i'm goin' on in jesus' name
Lord, i got victory [hallelujah]
Over the enemy [glory, glory]
And the world, it can't do me no harm
[do me no harm]

[what will people think
When they hear that i'm a jesus freak?
What will people do
When they find that's it's true?]

Separated, i cut myself clean
From a past that comes back in my darkest of dreams
Been apprehended by a spiritual force
And a grace that replaced all the me i've divorced

I saw a man with tat on his big fat belly
It wiggled around like Mama made jelly
It took me a while to catch what it said
Cause i had to match the rhythm
Of his belly with my head
'jesus saves' is what he raved in a typical tattoo green
He stood on a box in the middle of the city
And claimed he had a dream

(chorus)
What will people think
When they hear that i'm a jesus freak
What will people do when they find that it's true
I don't really care if they label me a jesus freak
There ain't no disguising the truth

Kamikaze, my death is a gain
I've been marked by my maker
A peculiar display
The high and lofty, they see me as weak
Cause i won't live and die for the power they seek

There was a man from the desert with naps in his head
The sand that he walked was also his bed
The words that he spoke made the people assume
There wasn't too much left in the upper room
With skins on his back and hair on his face
They thought he was strange by the locusts he ate
The pharisees tripped when they heard him speak
Until the king took the head of this jesus freak

(repeat chorus 2x)

People say i'm strange, does it make me a stranger
That my best friend was born in a manger
People say i'm strange, does it make me a stranger
That my best friend was born in a manger

(repeat chorus 2x)

What will people think
[what will people think]
What will people do
[what will people do]
I don't really care
[what else can i say]
There ain't no disguising the truth
[jesus is the way]

[the greatest single cause of atheism in the world today
Is christians who acknowledge jesus with their lips
Then walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle.
That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.]


What if i stumble?
What if i fall?

Is this one for the people?
Is this one for the lord?
Or do i simply serenade for things i must afford?
You can jumble them together, my conflict still remains
Holiness is calling, in the midst of courting fame

Cause i see the trust in their eyes
Though the sky is falling
They need your love in their lives
Compromise is calling

(chorus)
What if i stumble, what if i fall?
What if i lose my step and i make fools of us all?
Will the love continue when my walk becomes a crawl?
What if i stumble, and what if i fall?

What if i stumble, what if i fall?
You never turn in the heat of it all
What if i stumble, what if i fall?

Father please forgive me for i can not compose
The fear that lives within me
Or the rate at which it grows
If struggle has a purpose
On the narrow road you've carved
Why do i dread my trespasses will leave a deadly scar

Do they see the fear in my eyes?
Are they so revealing?
This time i cannot disguise
All the doubt i'm feeling

(repeat chorus)

What if i stumble?
Everyone's got to crawl when you know that
You're up against a wall, it's about to fall
Everyone's got to crawl when you know that (2x)

I hear you whispering my name [you say]
"my love for you will never change" [never change]

(repeat chorus 2x)

What if i stumble, what if i fall?
You never turn in the heat of it all
What if i stumble, what if i fall?
You are my comfort, and my god

Is this one for the people, is this one for the lord?

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I keep trying to find a life
On my own, apart from you
I am the king of excuses
I've got one for every selfish thing i do

What's going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That i'm still a man in need of a savior

(chorus)
I wanna be in the light
As you are in the light
I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens
Oh, lord be my light and be my salvation
Cause all i want is to be in the light
All i want is to be in the light

The disease of self runs through my blood
It's a cancer fatal to my soul
Every attempt on my behalf has failed
To bring this sickness under control

Tell me, what's going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That i'm still a man in need of a savior

(repeat chorus)

Honesty becomes me
[there's nothing left to lose]
The secrets that did run me
[in your presence are defused]
Pride has no position
[and riches have no worth]
The fame that once did cover me
[has been sentenced to this earth]
Has been sentenced to this earth

Tell me, what's going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That i'm still a man in need of a savior

(repeat chorus 2x)

[there's no other place that i want to be]
[no other place that i can see]
[a place to be that's just right]
[someday i'm gonna be in the light]
[you are in the light]
[that's where i need to be]
[that's right where i need to be]

Under these circumstances, they can hardly cope
Notice their fleeting glances and their lack of hope
I offer this suggestion, they don't seem to care-o
This is my generation, drowning in despair-o

You'll never find peace of mind in your pool of self
You'll never find peace of mind in a sea of wealth
You'll never find peace of mind in your rock and roll
You'll never find peace of mind if you sell your soul

(chorus)
You gotta like it, you gotta love it
I know you need some freedom from the strife
You gotta like it, you gotta love it
I know you need some jesus in your life
[some jesus in your life, some jesus in your life]

We circumvent our feelings through an angry sound
He who complains the loudest, wears the fattest crown
We're anti-everybody, call it paranoia
Well i ain't no judge or jury, but i'm praying for ya

You'll never find peace of mind in your lucky charm
You'll never find peace of mind on a hippie farm
You'll never find peace of mind in a one-night stand
You'll never find peace of mind in your superman

(repeat chorus)

You gotta like it, you gotta love it
I know you need it
You gotta like it, you gotta love it
I know you need some jesus in your life

Like it, love it, need it, don't leave it
Like it [don't you like it?]
Love it, need it [don't you need it?]
Don't leave it

Ya dropped right into the middle of a freak attack
Cause we're back and we're comin' like that
Ya see we're lowerin' the boom in the middle of the tune
Cause the funk is always heavy where it's at
And while you're whining all the time
Never changing any minds
It is clear to see your lip has lost its button
Cause if ya take a think at this
Then it's easy to admit
That the selfish way you're livin' is for nothing

You gotta like it
You know you need some freedom from the strife
You gotta love it
I know you need some jesus in your life

(repeat chorus)

You gotta like it, you gotta love it
I know you need it
You gotta like it, you gotta love it
I know you, god knows you need it

You gotta like it, you gotta love it
God knows you need it
Some jesus in your life
Jesus in your life